Welcome toBombay Berlin Film Productions

The Idiot short

World premiere of The Idiot at 40th Asian American International Film Festival in New York on the 30th July. Join us to meet the lead actor Arfi Lamba, writer/director Ruchi Joshi and producer Katharina Suckale

LOEV on NETFLIX

Screening of "Poison" (German title: Gift)

Our Executive - produced German TV Film by Grimme award winner director Daniel Harrich screens on 13th September, 2017 at 20:15 CEST (21:45 GMT) on ARD in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Watch the making of the film on:
http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/video/making-of-gift100.html

Bombay Berlin Film Production at Cannes 2017

Our shining stars

Our co-production "The Road to Mandalay" by Myanmar Taiwanese directed by Midi Z won the FEDEORA Award 2016 for Best Film at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, and the Best International Feature Film at the 36th Amiens International Film Festival in France. Also, we congratulate Midi Z for winning the award for Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year at the Golden Horse Awards 2016, an Oscars equivalent of the Chinese-speaking world.

With partners hailing from India and Europe, BBFP has a
global presence with a reliable Indian and International production network. Our other major strength is an
experienced team with expertise in all fields of audio- visual productions and a first hand access to huge talent pool across the world.

The Idiot : Murakh - A Film by Ruchi Joshi & Sriram Ganapathy

When faced with an emergency, Abdul, an illiterate Muslim man from rural India, tries to hijack a domestic flight and redirect it to Australia. Inspired by actual events, this satire exposes the bigotry of a society fed on religious stereotypes and paranoia.

LOEV - A film by Sudhanshu Saria

When hot shot, Wall Street deal-maker Jai thinks of putting some pleasure into his 48 hour business trip to Mumbai, Sahil, his young, music-producer friend, drops everything, including his reckless boyfriend Alex, to help him execute the perfect getaway.
Hiking the hills and canyons of Maharashtra, amidst half-attempted conversations and sudden silences, business calls and old jokes, the friends discover there is more than just time-zones keeping them apart. Things take another turn when Alex shows up with a new male-companion at his side, throwing up old conflicts and bringing unanswered questions to the fore.
LOEV is about this weekend between friends where chances are missed, truths evaded and among all the stumbles, the love that unexpectedly prevails.

The Road to Mandalay

The human-traffickers have a well-established route: from Burma into Thailand across the Mekong River at Tchilek,
along quiet country roads, passing bribed police checkpoints and into Bangkok, where the illegal migrants are
on their own. Lianqing is one of five illegals who travels this route one summer night in 2013; along the way a
fellow migrant called Guo is kind to her, and their fates later become entwined. Once in Thailand, Lianqing finds
'underground' jobs, saves money and finds out where to buy fake identity papers with the hope of making it to
Taiwan. But, Guo has different ambitions..

Team Bombay Berlin

KATHARINA SUCKALE

Originally Katharina studied economics and management in Berlin and Paris at the
University Paris-XI Dauphine, where she finished her MBA in international economics.
Since then she has been working in film business for 24 years. She started in film
distribution and world sales at MK2 - Marin Karmitz in Paris, moving to film production in
Toronto, Canada. Since then, she has been working in different positions on film sets in
national and international productions over 16 years.
She founded Suckale Film Produktion in 2003, directing documentaries, short and
experimental films and produced in Germany, Africa and India, where she discovered her
love for India. As a consultant she worked for Wüste Film on a French-German
coproduction, for WestEast Films on European-Indian co-productions as well as for Yash
Raj Films India in world sales. She works closely with many European and American
producers, TV channels, sales companies, and distributors and is name to reckon with in
international film business.

ARFI LAMBA

Originally an engineer in Petro-Chemical Industry, he joined film industry in 2008. With
his impeccable skills of building up finances and handling operations and a keen eye for
scripts and know-how of the business of Indian and International cinema, he brings a
very accurate judgment on what works in a particular market. His operational skills not
only come from his job experience in petro-chemical industry but also from heading the
Operations of a big event management company in Mumbai. His being an acclaimed
actor is another special advantage to his film-maker skills. Add to that the wonderful
circle of friends he has all over the world and the network he has in various film festivals,
which makes him a valuable asset.

MEENAZ AMRELIWALA

Meenaz studied Journalism at Bombay College of Journalism - KC College of Management Studies, Mumbai, where she garnered theoretical and hands-on knowledge and skills of the media world. It wasnt long before she decided to take it to the next level and got her feet wet in the field of documentary filmmaking, and independently produced a short wildlife documentary Seahorses – the bottom feeders

She has worked on national and international assignments related to production and during our last project for a Swedish feature film, she was also involved in some aspects of scripting. With a good head for figures, organizational skills and an intimate knowledge of several other aspects of film production, and financing, she contributes to the company by offering both creative on and off-set assistance through production managing, producing and marketing.

We have all kinds of solutions for people looking to infuse right dose creativity in their venture and want to take it to places.

Our dedicated team has a record for handling projects of any scale and genre, right from single-camera studio interviews to multi-camera commercial shoots at various locations around the world.

Right from conceptualising an idea, to the planning and executing it, our prolific team is at the forefront of everything that is possible creatively and technically.

Spreading Cycology

Spreading Cycology aims to understand the ground realities and bring more awareness of mental health at India’s grassroots, using film screenings and engaging rural communities in open discussions.

Rohan, aided by his bicycle and his team, will begin his journey covering 2000 to 2500 kilometres in Mumbai on 1st February 2017, and end in Bangalore via the state of Kerala. Rohan will live on a daily budget of the poorest, which is less than USD 1.50 per day, which includes food and other expenses. He will camp in tents or live in houses of members from the community.

The upcoming season will the first segment of Rohan’s cycling expedition, and release in April.

Last Summer

FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES AND SUPPORT

Line Production Services is our core speciality, and we organise your production tasks in a way you could only imagine. You can bind all your production related work in a go as we provide inclusive production services under one roof. Since the inception of Bombay Berlin, we have produced work for clients from UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, India, China and Australia.

BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Based on your script or story boards and other production details we prepare budgets and send you the estimate. A comprehensive production and accounting wrap up is provided post shoot.

LOCATION SCOUTING

India offers a great diversity of locations ranging from pristine landscapes to bustling cities. Our location scouts recommend you the best locations or do the recce on your behalf and provide comprehensive reference with location pictures for your idea.

TALENT CASTING

Casting is a time consuming and vexing job, which needs to be carried out with utmost patience. If your characters’ list has some missing slots, we can recommend a cast list that appropriately fits in your story. Also, our casting director can carry out the casting for you.

FILMING PERMITS

Abiding by the Indian rules, we apply for filming permission ahead of time to keep glitches at bay. Our extensive network and rapport enable us to acquire all kinds of permits and arrange hassle-free shoots as per your script anywhere in India.

CREW & EQUIPMENT HIRE

A skilful and patient production crew along with updated equipment fulfils the need for an efficient filming. For that matter, we do not compromise on either of these essential aspects. Yet, we offer quality solutions to suit any size budget.

FILM STUDIO AND SET CONSTRUCTION

For the benefit of the film industry, Bollywood offers a vast array of readily accessible studios sets, alternatively our creative production designer can customise one for you.

LOGISTICS & ACCOMODATION

Being an Indo European production house, we have culturally diverse and multilingual professionals on board versed with Indian conditions providing harmony and perfect understanding between your crew, script and Indian mediators. We can provide full production support across any place in India.

POST PRODUCTION

We make available the best post production studios for editing, sound mixing, telecine or animation for all sorts of video formats.